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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Adam Scott showed his growing comfort with the short putter as he lit up Huntingdale Golf Club with a seven-under 64 to take the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Australian Masters on Thursday.
The former world number one made the most of benign conditions on a muggy, overcast morning and rolled in five birdies on his last eight holes to take an early three-stroke lead.
Local professionals Peter Wilson and Matthew Stieger were joint second on four-under after shooting matching 67s on the storied sandbelt course.